Zachary_Kurtz comments on Money pumping: the axiomatic approach - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Zachary_Kurtz 06 November 2009 09:34:17PM 0 points [-]

Well the Austrians are right in that the traditional assumptions of rationality (and therefore fairness) don't make much sense.

Although I think the behavioral economists are doing a decent job of backing up these type of assertions: the point that "fairness" is subjective.

Can someone engage in a trade they don't believe is fair? Yes of course.

But if both parties say a trade is fair, who is an outside observer (with all the market data in the world) to tell them otherwise?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 November 2009 09:44:08PM 0 points [-]